Complimenting ESL Games, Worksheets and Activities

What Would You Say?

Pre-intermediate (A2) 40 minutes
ESL Complimenting Game - Vocabulary: Matching, Pelmanism - Pair Work

Here is a free giving and accepting compliments game for students to play in class. In groups, students take turns turning over one situation card and one response card. If the situation matches the response, the student reads it aloud, keeps... read more

You're a Great Student!

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Complimenting Worksheet - Vocabulary Exercises: Categorizing, Matching, Gap-fill - Speaking Activities: Asking and Answering Questions - Pair Work

In this useful complimenting worksheet, students practice language for giving and responding to compliments. To begin, in pairs, students discuss questions on... read more

Compliments Board Game

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Giving Compliments Board Game - Speaking: Forming Sentences, Writing Sentences, Freer Practice - Group Work

In this engaging giving compliments board game, students practice giving compliments in a variety of situations. In groups, players take turns rolling the dice and moving their counter along the board. When a player... read more

I Love Your Outfit

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Giving Compliments Worksheet - Vocabulary and Writing Exercises: Writing Sentences - Speaking Activity: Answering Questions, Freer Practice - Pair Work

In this productive giving compliments worksheet, students practice language for giving compliments about personal appearance. First, in pairs,... read more

Why, Thank You!

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Giving Compliments Activity - Vocabulary and Speaking: Sentence Completion, Making and Responding to Statements, Freer Practice - Upper-intermediate (B2)

In this enjoyable giving compliments speaking activity, students practice giving and responding to compliments... read more